Log overdue and hats of to jcb for leading the way again, all the other manufacturers just mess about with skip sizes and angles

I have read JCB will manufacturer there own dumpers by year end. It took longer than I thought but that was always comming when they signed with terex, a toe in the water as they say.. test the a market. it brakes a old gentleman's agreement between old man bamford and old man thwaites . However given the size of JCB now and the dumper market is changing I doubt JCB care

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Reminds me of that article in last months Earthmovers where some company had spent thousands modifying a dumper into a 'BMT' (bulk material transporter ) with a cab, chipped keys, seatblet light, the works. Said it would increase machine utilisation by having one per site being used like a site forklift, with dedicated driver feeding many trades. What those idiots failed to comprehend is that a forklift is self loading, whereas a dumper is not, and also often needs to stick around for unloading too.

This is as giant leap in the right direction, but you will still need multiple units per site so let's hope the price isn't too bad. Or indeed the reliability....

I thought the same regarding the skip ............ looks a comical thing but ticks some boxes I suppose.

Hmm, yes, I can see what they are trying to achieve, and with a lot of materials it will be fine, but muck shifting, which lets face it, is a big part of what most dumpers will do on a building site, it's surely go a be a PITA......

I like the cab, I'd like to see a cab that rotates, or at least the driver in the cab rotates, so much of the traveling can be done with the cab/driver at the front, you won't get better visibility than that....